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  1. how will my old major help?

    laurenkst replied to trigwf24's topic in Psychiatric

    You've made a very good decision and frankly your RN may get your foot in the door and give you access to information of jobs available for your BS in Psychology. Also: your new perspective may give...

  2. State Hospitals, What are they like?

    laurenkst replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in Psychiatric

    Michael: I am a nurse educator at a Psych Hospital in Delaware--A State Facility. Just a word of caution: please make your prior tx hx clear before they hire you. Most State...

  3. Ama-

    laurenkst replied to verock's topic in Psychiatric

    I can't for any reason understand why the L&D was used to house a schizophrenic patient. I used to work in a NICU and the L&D was right beside the unit. I don't know whether the patient was...

  4. partial hospital program

    laurenkst replied to Litalya's topic in Psychiatric

    I just received an e-mail from the NIMH website on Medications. Please look into the medication information @http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/medicate.cfm. The information is down to earth and...

  5. from med-surg to psych nursing

    laurenkst replied to marthaj1977's topic in Psychiatric

    Martha: I had 27 years of nursing as a LPN on such specialties as Med/Surg--54 patients, Neurosurgery--32 patients, CICU-10 when full, Neonatal Intensive Care--24 patients, PICU-7 patients and...

  6. What skills and qualities are needed?

    laurenkst replied to CarolineRn's topic in Psychiatric

    Caroline: I have been in nursing for 40 years--this year. The last 7 have been in the field of Psychiatric Nursing. There are many qualities that the nurses I work with possess. Two of the...

  7. PERSONALITY DISORDER/SELF ABUSE

    laurenkst replied to BarbRPN's topic in Psychiatric

    Please check the notes on the 3rd page--BPD. There is alot of good advice from nursing experiences in that

  8. Florence Nightingale had a untreated Bi Polar DX?

    laurenkst replied to jamistlc's topic in Psychiatric

    Florence Nightingale accomplished alot in spite of her problems in a time that did not support women or acknowledge their revolutionary concepts. On another note: it certainly would explain alot of...

  9. Staff splitting - Help!

    laurenkst replied to RedWhiteBlue's topic in Psychiatric

    Sounds like you are dealing with a patient with a Borderline Personality Disorder. There is a reasonably new Therapy called DBT-Dialectical Behavior Therapy where all blame is removed and the patient...

  10. Is there a such thing as a psychiatric nurse assistant or technician?

    laurenkst replied to ericjames85's topic in Psychiatric

    We have two types of nursing assistants at the facility that I now am a Nurse Educator/Trainer. There are Certified Nursing Assistants that now work at a Psychiatric Hospital and take care of mentally...

  11. CNA's in Psych settings

    laurenkst replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in Psychiatric

    Hi Michael: I'm a nurse educator in a State Psychiatriatric Facility. We have a Geriatric Facility where most of our CNA's work. There are other CNA's who have worked on the Geriatric units who...

  12. 2 year old prescribed Risperdal?

    laurenkst replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in Psychiatric

    I do not understand how a physician could diagnose a child of two as bipolar and why prescribe Risperdal which is one of the Novel Antipsychotics. I'm sorry this must be too early. With such...

  13. What is a psych ward like?

    laurenkst replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Psychiatric

    psychiatry can be a very rewarding field. it has it's ups and downs but best all you really feel needed. the problems with financing for medical problems makes staffing--in all areas of nursing...

  14. Nursing without the "yukkies".

    laurenkst replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    why in the world did you come into nursing? did you have blinders on when you registered to become a nurse? nursing is nursing, sometimes it requires handling body fluids. i don't care what field you...